Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 117)

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Paul E. Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history. The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. Instead, slaves were used extensively in production, although the exploitation methods and the relationships to world markets differed from those in the Americas. Nevertheless, slavery in Africa, like slavery in the Americas, developed from its position on the periphery of capitalist Europe. This new edition revises all statistical material on the slave trade demography and incorporates recent research and an updated bibliography.

History

Lovejoy, Paul E.

Africa

Cambridge University Press

This history of slavery in Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context.

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 36)

Salt of the Desert Sun: A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan (African Studies, Series Number 46)

In this study of salt production and trade, Professor Lovejoy examines the interaction between ecology, technology and social structure as a means of analysing the organisation of the salt industry of the Sokoto Caliphate and Borno. By concentrating on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lovejoy is able to establish a base-line from which to interpret earlier changes in the salt trade and thereby assess the impact of politics and economy on the history of the trade. By the end of the nineteenth century, production depended upon a combination of slavery, free migrant peasants, and workers from the haddad artisan caste. A complex marketing network serviced the various salines, although this network was intimately connected with the distribution of other commodities, especially textiles, grain and livestock. An examination of this marketing system reveals patterns of immigration and social advancement that are important in understanding the social history of the central Sudan.

This book examines the decline of slavery in Northern Nigeria during the first forty years of colonial rule. At the time of the British conquest, the Sokoto Caliphate was one of the largest slave societies in modern history. Rather than emancipate slaves, the colonial state abolished the legal status of slavery, encouraging them to buy their freedom. Many were unable to do so, and slavery was not finally abolished until l936. The authors have written a provocative book, raising doubts over the moral legitimacy of both the Sokoto Caliphate and the colonial state.

Slow Death for Slavery: The Course of Abolition in Northern Nigeria 1897–1936 (African Studies, Series Number 76)

Hogendorn, Jan S.

Arts & Photography

In this study of salt production and trade, Professor Lovejoy examines the interaction between ecology, technology and social structure as a means of analysing the organisation of the salt industry of the Sokoto Caliphate and Borno. By concentrating on the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lovejoy is able to establish a base-line from which to interpret earlier changes in the salt trade and thereby assess the impact of politics and economy on the history of the trade. By the end of the nineteenth century, production depended upon a combination of slavery, free migrant peasants, and workers from the haddad artisan caste. A complex marketing network serviced the various salines, although this network was intimately connected with the distribution of other commodities, especially textiles, grain and livestock. An examination of this marketing system reveals patterns of immigration and social advancement that are important in understanding the social history of the central Sudan.

Business & Money

Economics

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 100)

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history. The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. This new edition incorporates recent research, revised statistics on the slave trade demography, and an updated bibliography.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

In this volume Lovejoy has collected original contributions that discuss the ideology of slavery in several regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Three basic ideologies are considered: one based on Islam, another based on kinship structures, and a third, an abolitionist ideology, based largely on Christianity. The authors show how ideology justified slavery, obscuring its role in the system of production, and the part coercion played in its maintenance. &#8242;It gives cause to re-examine many past assumptions and should stimulate more sophisticated analyses in the future.&#8242; -- Canadian Journal of Development Studies

The Ideology of Slavery in Africa (SAGE Series on African Modernization & Development)

Sage Publications, Inc.

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Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 117)

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 36)

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 36)

Salt of the Desert Sun: A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan (African Studies, Series Number 46)

Slow Death for Slavery: The Course of Abolition in Northern Nigeria 1897–1936 (African Studies, Series Number 76)

Slow Death for Slavery: The Course of Abolition in Northern Nigeria 1897–1936 (African Studies, Series Number 76)

Salt of the Desert Sun: A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan (African Studies, Series Number 46)

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 100)

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 100)

The Ideology of Slavery in Africa (SAGE Series on African Modernization & Development)